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MONSANTO RAT HORMONE STUDY. "The study was never published, and the FDA stated that the results showed no significant problems. A review of rBGH by Health Canada found the 90-day study showed a significant number of issues that should have triggered a full review by the FDA." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

HORMONES FOR MILK PRODUCTION. "One of the most common and controversial ways to force greater milk production is with injection of rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone), a genetically engineered artificial growth hormone. According to critics, rBGH has never been properly tested. The FDA relied solely on one study performed by Monsanto in which rBGH was tested for 90 days on 30 rats." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

CHALK AND CHEESE. "In the EU the treatment of slaughter animals is the regulatory offence that has to be controlled in inspection programs. In the USA testing for compliance of a regulatory maximum residue level in the edible product (muscle, fat, liver or kidney) is the purpose of the inspection program (if any)." http://lnkd.in/dgeMcK6 View in LinkedIn

ANIMAL DOPING. "In the livestock industry hormonal growth promoters ("anabolics") are used to increase the production of muscle meat. This leads to international disputes about the safety of meat originating from animals treated with such anabolics. As a consequence ... the total ban in the EU of all hormonal active growth promoters ("hormones") in livestock production." http://lnkd.in/dgeMcK6 View in LinkedIn

"DESPITE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONCERN." ... and has banned all imports of US beef treated with hormones. The ban has been challenged by the US at the World Trade Organization and debate still rages between the US and the EU over its validity." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

"DESPITE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONCERN, the United States, backed by the World Trade Organization, continue to allow growth-promoting hormones in cattle. The European Union does not allow the use of hormones in cattle production, has prohibited the import of hormone-treated beef since 1988 ..." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

COMMITTEE FINDINGS. "For example, hormone residues in beef have been examined as a cause of lower sperm counts in boys. The use of rBGH in dairy cows was linked in one study to increases in human twin and triplet births." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE. "Children, pregnant women, and developing embryos are thought to be most susceptible to negative health effects from added hormones." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE "also questioned whether hormone residues in the meat of growth enhanced animals can disrupt human hormone balance, causing developmental problems, interfering with the reproductive system, and even leading to the development of breast, prostate and colon cancers." http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn

UNACCEPTABLE TO EC REGULATORS. "When hormones are injected into cattle, some naturally occurring hormone levels increase 7 to 20 times. The committee found that “no acceptable daily intake could be established for any of these hormones.” http://lnkd.in/dcJYWsG View in LinkedIn